Bill Bennett
Technology: Facebook hacks, TikTok ban, Twitter scraps 2FA
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the difficulties people face in recovering their social media accounts - particularly Facebook - if they've been subject to a hack or… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tech correspondent Bill Bennett
Bill joins Kathryn to talk about how internet connections have held up during Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio
New technology with Bill Bennett
Technology journalist Bill Bennett takes a look at some of the biggest technology stories of the year : The sale of Twitter to Elon Musk, Meta, Amazon and other big tech companies laying off thousands… Audio
Tech: Crypto collapse spooks sector
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about fast-moving situation with Twitter, how the collapse of the world's second largest crypto exchange is casting a dark shadow over the… Audio
Pioneering UMF: A beekeeper's story
After 25 years, Margaret Bennett is stepping back from an association she spearheaded. But there is still work to be done and she maintains she will be busy as a bee, but in the background. Audio
Pioneering UMF: A beekeeper's story
After 25 years, Margaret Bennett is stepping back from an association she spearheaded. But there is still work to be done and she maintains she will be busy as a bee, but in the background.
AudioTech: Do rural areas need their own fibre network? More women coders wanted
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett looks at what European countries are doing to boost rural fibre networks - should New Zealand do the same? GCHQ in the UK is looking to recruit more female coders… Audio
Tech: PimEyes' scan power, Chorus' fastest fibre
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about PimEyes, a company offering the ability to scan people's faces on the internet - with great accuracy. Anyone can use it - and images… Audio
Technology commentator Bill Bennett
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about some of the big trends in tech this year, starting with plugging gaps in broadband coverage and extending the 5G network. Audio
Technology commentator Bill Bennett
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Facebook's bad week. It was out for six hours on Tuesday, then there was the damaging evidence from former Facebook product manager… Audio
Technology commentator Bill Bennett
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the Commerce Commission's warning to telcos over the way they're marketing alternative broadband technologies as the copper telephone… Audio
Amazon opens to Kiwis, govt agrees to consumer data right
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Amazon opening its Australian store to New Zealand customers and what that might mean for New Zealand retailers and other online stores… Audio
Digital Boost launch, could AI shorten the work week
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to look at the newly-announced Digital Boost Alliance and what it hopes to achieve, new research into the impact AI could have on our work-lives… Audio
UK spy boss' warning over tech, ransomware payments skyrocket
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the GCHQ chief's warning of the West's facing a "moment of reckoning" over cybersecurity, and the need for countries like the UK to… Audio
Employees' cyber smarts and the phone market bounces back
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Lynn to look at the new research that's found a big discrepancy in what employers think their workers know about cyber security - and what they actually… Audio
New technology with Bill Bennett
Bill talks to Kathryn about Vodafone saying it’s pushing ahead with 5G and will sell fixed wireless broadband in competition with the fibre networks. Also, Chorus turning in a result with lower… Audio
How the pandemic changed tech in 2020
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about how the pandemic had an impact on technology this year: from videoconferencing and online shopping to a streaming surge and a boom in… Audio
Big cyber hit for businesses and Macs more like iPhones
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about new research which has found more than half of businesses have bene successfully targeted by ransomware in the past year. Apple has… Audio
Mobile phones fuel discontent, encrypted messages, new iPhones
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about new research which suggests confidence in governments started dropping with the advent of 3G networks. Five Eyes wants access to… Audio
Telcos told to simplify plans, Samsung's $3500 folding phone
Find your mobile bill ridiculously complicated? Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about how that should end, now the Commerce Commission is pressuring mobile phone companies… Audio